“…Evidence supporting the theme of diverging destinies, defined as growing racial/ethnic and social class differentials in family behavior, often has focused on the disproportionate rise in nonmarital fertility among the most disadvantaged individuals versus the quite stable, low levels of unwed childbearing among college graduates (e.g., Cherlin, 2009;Ellwood & Jencks, 2004;McLanahan, 2004;Mincieli, Manlove, McGarrett, Moore, & Ryan, 2007;South, 1999). Similarly, there appears to be a divergence in marriage trends, as growth in nonmarriage has been greatest among the most disadvantaged (Ellwood & Jencks, 2004;Furstenberg, 2009;Schoen, Landale, Daniels, & Cheng, 2009).…”